Photos

279 photos found. Showing results 501 to 279.

Maps

1,651 maps found.

1923, Willow Green Ref. POP870609
1902-1903, Brown Heath Ref. RNC652912
1897, School Green Ref. RNE826422
1896, Sutton Green Ref. RNE843196
1947, Marsh Green Ref. NPO775055
1947, Swan Green Ref. NPO843424
1902-1903, School Green Ref. RNC826422
1902-1903, Common Side Ref. RNC676246
1897, Hampton Green Ref. RNE726237
1897, Edge Green Ref. HOSM44593
1902, Hampton Green Ref. RNC726237
1902, Edge Green Ref. RNC699217
1902-1903, Willow Green Ref. RNC870609
1924, Brown Heath Ref. POP652912
1902-1903, Long Green Ref. RNC766431
1921, Bradley Green Ref. POP647926
1902-1903, Sutton Green Ref. RNC843196
1902, Bradley Green Ref. RNC647926
1947, Hampton Green Ref. NPO726237
1924, Long Green Ref. POP766431

Books

19 books found. Showing results 601 to 19.

Memories

2,049 memories found. Showing results 251 to 260.

Land Army

My mother was in the land Army in 1944 on a farm her name was Margaret Shemeld from Dunsfold West Sussex, She was at the Dance hall in Woking where she met my father To be, I have a picture of the land Army girls and the farmer who and were are thay , mother is 6 from the left

A memory of Woking by kennethwebb551

My Childhood In Wolverhampton 1946 1955

I played in the standing corn stooks behind our house, had my first pony/horse ride at Dixon's farm where my horse went berserk in a potato field, so I was put onto and stayed on a horse lead. I flew my ...Read more

A memory of Wolverhampton by Alan Hickman

Kings Holiday Camp

It would have been mid August 1970 when I had my first holiday here, together with my parents, aunt, and our two dogs. I was 8 years old. It was 50 years ago this month. We rented a chalet for two weeks. There was a duck pond ...Read more

A memory of Canvey Island by f.a.t.strahan

Early Days In Greenock

I found all these photos fascinating, I have been researching many aspects of Greenock since I began working on the family's history i was hoping to see photos of some of the streets I have come to know quite well, like ...Read more

A memory of Greenock by Robert Macfie

Pavenham 1945 1970

This is the village where I grew up, my parents moving into their very old, somewhat dilapidated cottage at the end of the war. This was 'The Folly' at the eastern end of the village opposite one of Tandy's farms. Why it had that ...Read more

A memory of Pavenham by Stephen Wessel

Village Shop

I lived in the bungalow at the end of the spinny on West Avenue in the late 1960s and went to Highcroft School from age 4 to 5, which was an old Victorian building which always smelt of tomato soup and stood on the corner of ...Read more

A memory of Castle Bromwich in 1960 by Mark Waters

Dartford

Is West Hill Hospital still at the top of West Hill? And do some of you remember the trams going from the Dartford libary and up West Hill? I cannot remember how far they went to.

A memory of Dartford by Danny Bowman

A Yokels Tale

A Personal Recollection of growing up during the last days of the pedestrian era in rural England by Tom Thornton A Yokel's Tale My earliest recollection of my Thornton grandparents, Alice and Tom, dates back to my pre-school ...Read more

A memory of Owslebury in 1941 by Tom Thornton

Six Weeks In Pontypool

I was evacuated with my school to Pontypool on 1st September 1939. I was taken in with my friend Jim Baker, by a retired miner and his wife, and spent six weeks in what was alleged to be the smallest house in Pontypool. I ...Read more

A memory of Pontypool in 1930

Walks To Morlais

I was about 14 and my friend Alan Davies and I used to walk from Twynyrodyn on a Sunday morning to Morlais Castle. There we would wonder and speculate about its history and what battles were fought there. How many people ...Read more

A memory of Merthyr Tydfil in 1959 by Peter Lewis

Captions

1,994 captions found. Showing results 601 to 624.

Caption For Chideock, Village 1903

Further west along Main Street, looking towards Lyme Regis, the plateau of Langdon Hill forms the skyline (centre).

Caption For Fairford, The Market Place C1960

Besides being a market centre and wool town, Fairford was on an important coaching route in the days of horse-drawn travel, as it straddled the road from London to the south-west.

Caption For Reading, The Promenade And River C1955

Taken from the south bank promenade, this view looks west past the eight-oar racing boats on their stands.

Caption For Ullswater, From Place Fell 1892

Ullswater snakes into the Lake District hills for seven and a half miles, from Pooley Bridge to Glenridding, and has three major and quite different stretches.

Caption For Winchester, From Westgate 1923

The city as seen from the West Gate.

Caption For Norwich, St John The Baptist Church 1896

A temporary wall separates it from the crossing tower and the dust from the building works beyond the west tower arch.

Caption For Peterborough, Market Square 1919

We have a good view of the striking and dramatic west front with its trio of huge arches, richly moulded and recessed into the façade, dating from c1220.

Caption For Hythe, Cricket Ground 1899

Surrounded by these majestic trees, and with the west tower of St Leonard's Church, one of the largest and finest in Kent, rising behind them, a summer game of cricket takes place on this spacious ground

Caption For Didcot, Broadway 1950

When Brunel built his Great Western Railway in the 1840s, Didcot became a major junction for the lines to Bristol and Oxford.

Caption For Oxford, Carfax C1950

Carfax stands at the crossing point where the original north to south and east to west routes ran through Oxford.

Caption For Wilton, West Street C1950

By 1955 the horse and cart have made way for the car, the street lamps have appeared, but the shops and everything else have changed very little in West Street.

Caption For Fareham, Holy Trinity Church C1965

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

Caption For Camberley, London Road 1909

London Road and the High Street were the main shopping areas in the early 1900s.

Caption For Brockenhurst, The River, Balmer Lawn 1960

Balmer Lawn is a popular picnic spot situated to the north-west of Brockenhurst.

Caption For Fareham, The Church And War Memorial 2005

Sir Henry Thompson, son of a vice admiral and curate of the parish church of St Peter and St Paul, helped to found Holy Trinity Church in West Street, as well as church schools in Park Lane and Fontley

Caption For Wareham, West Street 1949

The street names of today, North, South, East and West, match this design.

Caption For Winchester, Great Hall And The Round Table 1912

Considered to be the best medieval hall in the country after Westminster Hall, the Great Hall dates back to the early 13th century and includes fine arcade piers of Purbeck marble.

Caption For Heswall, The Welsh Coast C1935

The view of the Welsh coastline across the Dee Estuary is almost an obligatory picture for any photographer working in West Wirral.

Caption For Kington, View From Bradnor Hill C1955

Amongst the many hills that can be seen from the summit of Bradnor Hill, Hergest Ridge lies towards the south west.

Caption For Fairford, London Street 1948

In the days of horse-drawn travel, Fairford was an important coaching town that straddled the important road leading to the capital from the south-west.

Caption For Westbourne, The Beach 1918

Despite modern development, Westbourne, to the west of Bournemouth, retains its village atmosphere.

Caption For Launceston, Windmill Hill C1960

Windmill Hill leads up from the site of the old West Gate, demolished at the start of the 19th century but remembered in the pub of the same name.

Caption For East Grinstead, London Road 1904

Further north-west the photographer looks back towards the town centre past the Moat Road junction to Moat Church, the Congregational Church opened in 1870, now the United Reformed Church and its unusual

Caption For Daventry, High Street C1965

On the extreme right, partly visible, is the entrance to the local Conservative club, and on the left is the facade of the National Provincial Bank, now Nat West.